Friable vs Milkshake - What's the difference?
friable | milkshake |
Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
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* 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1020:
(of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.
(of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk
A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
(New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but without ice cream or significantly less of it.
A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
(slang) Female sex appeal or promiscuity.
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As an adjective friable
is easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.As a noun milkshake is
a thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.friable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Spiders had woven their vague trapezes between the friable heads of dead peonies in enormous glass jars streaked with tide marks where the water had evaporated long ago.
- This light, friable type of material offered excellent insulation against both desert heat and also the cold of darkness during the winter.
- April 1987 , Old-House Journal
- It is when asbestos-containing products are friable that hazardous asbestos fibers are likely to be released and sent airborne.
Synonyms
* (easily broken into small fragments) crumblyDerived terms
* friableness * friably * friabilitySee also
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English
(wikipedia milkshake)Noun
(en noun)- My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.